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Re: May-June 2000 Mania Magazine
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Date: 
Mon, 15 May 2000 19:33:58 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Todd Lehman writes:
> In lugnet.admin.general, Scott Arthur writes:
> > > > b) Lego Funds Lugnet
> > > 
> > > LEGO does not fund LUGNET.
> > 
> > Well what did they fund with the payment they gave? It thought it was for
> > Lugnet? (Accept that you may not wish to divulge this.)
> > 
> > "LUGNET is grateful for the generous gifts of its donors, which help it to
> > thrive, grow, and offer new and exciting information and services."
> > 
> > Sounds like funding?
> 
> Two statements are shown below.  One is true and one is false.
> 
> (1)  Lego Funds Lugnet  (***FALSE***)
> 
> (2)  Brad Justus, on behalf of the LEGO Company, made a financial donation to
>     LUGNET in April, 2000.  (***TRUE***)



So what did they _fund_ with their donation? Does the donation not indicate
that they support the aims of Lugnet, and endorse it as an entity? Or do they
have a record of giving donations to organisation whose aims they do not
support? The welcome statement, is not 100% clear in my opinion. It does not
have to be 100% clear, in my opinion – I just think it should be.

“Note: LEGO has recently made a "no strings attached" financial donation not
believed to constitute sponsorship or endorsement in the legal sense.”

I have not seen anything which substantiates this statement – but I have not
trawled through all the posts on this subject.  I am not even convinced that
the words above have any different meaning in a “legal sense” – but I am open
to persuasion this.

Scott A


> 
> --Todd



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  Re: May-June 2000 Mania Magazine
 
(...) Why do you insist on being so dense? Many people, including myself, have explained the difference between funding and donating to a cause. Yes, *in spirit* Brad Justus and Lego Direct would seem to "support Lugnet". No, in a *financial sense*, (...) (26 years ago, 15-May-00, to lugnet.admin.general)

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  Re: May-June 2000 Mania Magazine
 
(...) Two statements are shown below. One is true and one is false. (1) Lego Funds Lugnet (***FALSE***) (2) Brad Justus, on behalf of the LEGO Company, made a financial donation to LUGNET in April, 2000. (***TRUE***) There is an extremely big (...) (26 years ago, 15-May-00, to lugnet.admin.general)

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